Kamala Harris has set the stage for AOC

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Can a public fool really become president of the United States? It would appear so. With her word salads and incessant cackling, the Democrat Party’s 2024 candidate for president was the least popular vice president in history. In her tenure as vice president, Kamala Harris did nothing that was noteworthy. As a presidential candidate, she avoided interviews. When she did them, she refused to answer questions. When she opened her mouth, she sounded like an imbecile.

“This woman would be in charge of the most powerful nuclear arsenal on earth,” said Douglas Murray. “The image of her cackling manically while saying nonsense, with her finger on the nuclear button, is just too much.” If a Hollywood producer wanted to do a parody of the presidential election, he could find no better role model than Kamala Harris.

Whenever I try to imagine Kamala sitting in the Oval Office, smoke comes out of my ears. “In a functioning meritocracy,” said Tucker Carlson, “Kamala Harris would be a C-list massage therapist working out of a strip mall.” And yet there she was—one step away from the presidency.

Apparently we live in a country where any boob has a chance to be elected president over someone who is eminently qualified. If a phony like Harris can become president, anyone—even my dog—can attain high office. The precedent has been established and now we have to live with the result: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

I was astonished to read that prominent pollsters Nate Silver and Galen Druke have identified AOC as the likely Democratic presidential candidate in 2028. A Yale University poll found that AOC boasts the single highest net favorability rating—62%—of all the Democratic potential 2028 presidential candidates. “AOC has broad appeal across the Democratic Party and there’s a lot of people who could potentially get on board with her,” said Druke.

How is that even remotely possible? It is possible because of the precedent set by Kamala Harris. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez fits the mold. AOC is an ignorant neophyte with no qualifications, a 35-year-old bartender from the Bronx. Some people would say that AOC makes Kamala look smart.

“You expect stupid people to say stupid things,” said American Majority founder Ned Ryun, “and AOC never disappoints.” Here are a few of AOC’s classic comments:
• “We need to invent technology that has never even been invented yet.”
• “Capitalism has not always existed in the world and will not always exist in the world.”
• “If people were actually concerned about undocumented people, the clear solution would be to offer documentation. It’s safer and secure for everyone.”
And my personal favorite:
• “Under capitalism, man oppresses man. Under socialism, it’s the other way around.”

“AOC is irrepressibly stupid,” said Ben Shapiro, reflecting on her support of ultra-left-wing policies. Border Czar Tom Homan called AOC “the dumbest congresswoman ever elected. She proves that every day. What I find disturbing is that any member of Congress wants to educate people on how they can evade law enforcement.”

“Bless her heart, but you really can’t be this stupid by accident,” Project 21 Chairman Horace Cooper said about AOC after she suggested that Congress should take action to discipline the Supreme Court for decisions she doesn’t like. “She is so stupid, it is stunning,” agreed Judge Jeanine Pirro when AOC blamed cops for the rise in New York subway crime.

In early 2019, AOC destroyed Amazon’s attempt to locate a second headquarters site in New York City. Due to AOC’s efforts, 25,000 jobs were lost and New York was deprived of billions in tax revenue. Voters didn’t care. They still voted her in.

The desperate Democrats have imbued her with a kind of religious authority that is reminiscent of Joan of Arc. AOC is their savior. “You have to understand progressivism as a kind of religion,” says The Federalist, “specifically, a fundamentalist religion.” Liberals behave as though their socialist ideology has been handed down from the mountaintop. AOC has become the standard bearer for this religion.

AOC is trying to scare the hell out of us with her prediction that, without the Green New Deal, the world will come to an end in 12 years. Perhaps with this new version of Joan of Arc, Democrats can convince enough gullible voters that we should destroy America with AOC’s crazy ideas.

Her unfitness for office is lost somewhere in the mix, just as Harris’ ineptness was conveniently ignored by the media. The key may be that AOC has name recognition. “The media is kind of obsessed with her,” said Galen Druke, “and they’re going to follow her every move.” Thanks to Kamala, who knows what is possible?

Ed Brodow, is a conservative political commentator and author of THE WAR ON WHITES: How Hating White People Became the New National Sport.

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